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Yesterday I was berating my kids for not previously downloading the oh-so-popular Flappy Bird app that has been a big source of controversy lately. I only learned about the app being removed from the app store from a group of carpool kids that I drive to and from school – and my ears perked up when one of them told me that some Flappy Birds “try-hards” were buying used devices with the app still loaded on them for around $1,000 on eBay.

“Are you sure you didn’t download it anywhere?” I asked, physically or mentally scouring my iPad, iPhone, Kindle Fire devices and every other phablet or smartphone in this house. Any other time, I’d usually suck my teeth at another game app taking up precious space on my iPhone 5.

Alas, since none of the plethora of techie tools in my possession seem to have the Flappy Birds app loaded, I’ve been consigned to watch the melee unfold over the eBay sales of flappy happy devices instead of firing up my own eBay app to create my own listing and get rich quickly.

(Perhaps mixing up that exact match text by including ‘Flappy wi Bird’ instead of ‘wi Flappy Bird’ in the title helped you slip under the eBay moderator radar, huh? Also, the conflicting “Factory reset…Enjoy the game!!!” wink-wink, nod-nod text is further proof that this puppy probably wasn’t wiped clear before the sale.)

Let’s see, what else can you buy with those earnings? Especially folks who are pulling down thousands for their Flappy Bird used app devices…

Perhaps pay off debt, buy new tech toys, or this crazy $20,000 tank on Amazon might be a hoot. You could furnish your whole living room with sweet Fabrooms stuff, or maybe even lock in some shares of Tesla if that eBay sale goes really well. Seriously…I’ve got to have that Flappy Birds game somewhere!